The oldest guitar in my assortment (I solely have seven in the meanwhile, having ‘rationalised’ final Autumn) is a black US Customary Fender Stratocaster. I purchased this model new at Cooke’s in Norwich after I began enjoying with Severe Threat: it value lower than £200 I recall. I do not have a tendency to make use of it for Synergy gigs for a few causes: firstly no matter set-up you employ it tends to sound like Hank Marvin! Secondly, it is immaculate other than a few dings on the again, made when the Threat’s lead guitarist Howie borrowed it when he broke a string mid-gig. I did not discover till too late that he was sporting a belt comprised of bullets!
Tim, the unbelievable lead participant with Synergy, requested me how outdated it was: that is straightforward to ascertain by referencing the serial quantity on the headstock. It seems that it was made within the USA in 1988 for export to Europe (therefore the ‘EE’ prefix) making it 36 years outdated! A scan by way of the net auctions reveals that it is most likely price £1200 or so… Will I play it at gigs sooner or later? I’d effectively do, only for nostalgia’s sake – however I’d want to assist it out with a distortion pedal!
